Rise of the Mountain King

Rise of the Mountain King is a Nextgen video slot based on the famous composition Peer Gynt by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg

And don’t you have the audacity to click away right now!

This magnificent piece of music is also known as the “Troll Dance” and sets the stage for what will surely be one of the best new slots of 2020.

In terms of visual splendour and audio, Nextgen went completely all out: this is an insanely beautiful online slot, that epic.

The classical music piece is performed in a Metallica-style heavy metal version and speeds up as soon as things get exciting.

Hey, that’s already enough for us to get all mushy, right?

And when you consider you can make up to 50,000 x the total bet, it leaves nothing to be desired.

Rise of the Mountain King gameplay and features

Rise of the Mountain King has 30 fixed paylines and is played on a 5 x 3 setup.

Stakes start at 30 cents per spin and run up to $€ 15 per spin.

The variance is very high, and that is why the maximum bet is kept relatively low. Even with a $€ 15 bet, you can grab no less than $€ 750,000 with this slot.

When it comes to symbols and payouts, keep an eye out for the big troll because that’s the wild symbol. Spin five of them, and you bank 500 coins. During the free spins bonus, the wild also contains an extra multiplier, running up to x 100.

With this knowledge, any other symbol, even the low ones, can result in monster payouts.

King’s Respin Feature

As soon as three or more wilds drop on the reels, they are kept in place, and you get a free respin.

As long as new wilds keep on hitting the reels, you will continue to receive respins.

When you run out of new wilds, the final score is calculated, and your (hopefully many) won credits are added to your balance.

The King’s Respin Feature can generate huge profits, especially during the free spins bonus.

Free spins bonus

You can activate the free spins bonus in two ways:

• By spinning 3, 4 or 5 scatters (for 8, 9 or 10 free spins)
• By buying the bonus feature for 100 x the wager

Is your balance less than 100 times the bet, and you still want to do a Buy a Bonus? Then you can try to lower the price using the gamble option.

A unique mechanism is activated during the free spins, which the real slot lovers among us will recognize from slots like 300 Shields and The Sword and the Grail.

You can earn extra free spins by spinning scatters: each scatter awards you +1 free spin.

Also, each scatter fills the scatter collect meter. With every three scatters, you go one level up and the wild multiplier increases. You start at x 5 and go in steps to x 10, x 15, x 25, x 50 until finally x 100.

You understand that with such substantial wild multipliers, you can land enormous sums of money in a heartbeat.

The downside is that the free spins bonus is exceptionally volatile. Sometimes you win a few thousand times your bet, but much more often, you might only make 10 or 20 times your bet.

Our verdict on the Rise of the Mountain King video slot

Rise of the Mountain King has everything a good video slot should have:

• It is beautiful.
• The swelling background music adds a lot of atmosphere.
• The bonus rounds are exhilarating up to the last spin.
• You can make insane amounts of money.

Nextgen, you can be proud of this magnificent video slot.

4 out of 5 stars.